Learning health systems coming of age: How to deploy them in clinic so they truly become more than the sum of their parts
There is a well-known delay between successful research results that demonstrate better clinical outcomes and their application in practice. Coupling research, care delivery, and knowledge transfer activities within ongoing learning cycles – known as learning health systems (LHS) – could address this gap. This seminar will present essential elements for the successful clinical implementation of LHS, using examples where technological and analytical opportunities are being exploited while being mindful of ethical, legal and social aspects. Drawing from a recent project on mortality prediction for hospitalized patients, Dr. Éthier will illustrate how framing such initiatives as research projects vs. learning cycles impacts their clinical utility and patient results. Clinicians, researchers and managers will be stimulated to advocate for elements of this approach in their environment.
Following Dr. Éthier's talk will be a panel discussion and a Q&A.
Moderator:
Dr. Wojtek Michalowski, Emeritis Professor, Telfer
Jean-François Ethier is a clinician scientist and an associate professor in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Computer Science at the University of Sherbrooke. He also practices as an attending physician in the Internal Medicine Department of the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS). Dr. Ethier leads the technological development the Health Data Research Network and co-leads the Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en informatique de la santé (GRIIS). His research program is also deployed, in collaboration with French colleagues, through his work as an associate researcher at INSERM. This collaboration has led to the creation of the French-Canadian network Ensemble, for rare diseases. Jean-François Ethier’s work explores the issues surrounding learning health systems (LHS). His research focuses more specifically on the development of safe, ethical and effective methods for using health data in care, research and knowledge transfer contexts, through decision support and reflective practice tools such as the ReflexD tool. Jean-François Ethier participated to the TRANSFoRm project in Europe (a project funded by the European Community under the FP7 program). TRANSFoRm has created the first prototype of a LHS supporting primary health care and services.
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